hadith
3212
۞
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the outer appearance of this world delights while its reality annihilates. It has been adorned by vanities and entices by its embellishments. It is an abode which is lowly before its Lord, so its lawful has been mixed with its forbidden, its good with its evil and its sweetness with its bitterness. Allah has not cleansed it for His friends nor has He withheld it from His enemies.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا يُونِقُ مَنْظَرُها وَ يُوبِقُ مَخْبَرُها قَدْ تَزَيَّنَتْ بِالغُرُورِ وَ غَرَّتْ بِزينَتِها دارٌ هانَتْ على رَبِّها فَخُلِطَ حَلالُها بِحَرامِها وَ خَيْرُها بِشَرِّها وَحُلْوُها بِمُرِّها لَمْ يُصَفِّهَا اللّهُ لأوليائِهِ وَ لَمْ يَضُنَّ بِها على أعْدائِهِ
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